We’re looking for a Health, Safety & Workspace Wellbeing Coordinator to join our Property & Workspace function. If you’re looking for a new challenge with an organisation committed to putting customers first, aiming high and working together, you’ll thrive here. In this role, you’ll support the coordination of health, safety and workspace wellbeing activity across our estate, helping to ensure our workspaces are safe, compliant and supportive of colleague wellbeing.
If you enjoy working in a structured, operational role, supporting good governance and making a practical contribution to safer, healthier working environments, we’d love to hear from you.
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Edinburgh
Hybrid working is supported with regular UK travel required to support site engagement, audits and workspace wellbeing activities.
Flexible working: All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.
Closing Date: 20 May 2026
Salary and benefits: Salary range £35,000 – £50,000 dependant on experience plus an indicative bonus range of 8-16%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, income protection, career breaks, 3 volunteering days and much more.
Who are we?
We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.
Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.
The role
As Health, Safety & Workspace Wellbeing Coordinator, you’ll provide operational coordination, administrative support and compliance tracking to support the delivery of health, safety and workspace wellbeing across our workspace estate.
Working under the direction of the Head of Workspace Policy & Governance, you’ll support the implementation of health & safety frameworks, maintain accurate records and coordinate activity that helps ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and organisational standards.
You’ll act as a central coordination point for incident reporting, compliance monitoring, audit preparation, training administration and workspace wellbeing initiatives, supporting effective governance and informed decision‑making.
Key responsibilities include:
1. Supporting the day‑to‑day coordination of health & safety activities across the workspace estate
2. Maintaining accurate records, documentation and compliance trackers to support audit readiness
3. Supporting incident, near‑miss and hazard reporting, investigation activity and follow‑up actions
4. Coordinating compliance monitoring activity relating to statutory obligations
5. Supporting health & safety and wellbeing data collection, reporting and dashboards
6. Coordinating health & safety and workspace wellbeing training and maintaining training records
7. Supporting the delivery of workspace wellbeing initiatives and engagement activity
8. Acting as a point of contact for routine health, safety and workspace wellbeing queries
9. Supporting site visits, inspections and audits across workspace locations
Regular UK travel will be required as part of this role.
What are we looking for?
We focus on essential capabilities and encourage applications from candidates who may be early in their health, safety or wellbeing careers but who bring strong organisational skills and a willingness to learn.
You’ll have:
10. A health & safety qualification or working towards one (. NEBOSH General Certificate, IOSH)
11. Experience maintaining records, systems or administrative processes
12. An understanding of basic health & safety principles and workplace risks
13. Strong organisational skills with attention to detail
14. Good communication skills and the ability to work with a range of stakeholders
15. Experience working in a team‑based or operational environment
The following are desirable:
16. Experience supporting health & safety, wellbeing or compliance activities
17. Experience in property, facilities management or multi‑site environments
18. Experience supporting audits, inspections or training coordination
We want to hire the whole version of you.
We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.
We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.